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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1572
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Ho(t)chpotch, n. [Late ME. (15th c.) and e.m.E.] A broth consisting of a mixture of ingredients; fig. a confused mixture, a medley, a jumble. —1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 88.
Bot in this ane horribill act is sic ane hochpotch of all abhominabil doingis